Newsreel voice

Post by **thibodeaux** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:32 pm

You know what I'm talking about? Americans definitely had a different kind of accent 70 years ago. I was listening to NPR recently; they were interviewing Once-a Week Shower people and I thought, "God these people have the most annoying accents." It's not really an improvement, in my book.

So many people? these days? talk like they're asking a question? even though? they're not?

Post by **GORDON** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 10:02 pm

I always associate that sort of speech structure with flighty women.

Post by **thibodeaux** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:34 am

It was a woman...some kind of Jewish Priestess. Now, I didn't listen to much (maybe any) NPR coverage of Tea Party events. But I was rather astonished at this piece on the Once/Week Shower people: they had this Jewish Priestess explain the parallels between OWS and Sukkot, and how the people there had built a sukkah, and all kinds of wonderful religious stuff.

Just FYI: if you think Leftism is NOT a religious movement, you're wrong. It's Unitarianism: a universal religion scrubbed (as much as can be) of Deity. I mean, what do you think Harvard IS? It's a seminary, and it always HAS been.

Post by **TPRJones** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:42 am

I can't imagine showering once a week. Maybe if I only left the house once a week.